The EU’s Press Release on User-Replacable Batteries
Batteries are key to the decarbonisation process and the EU’s shift towards zero-emission modes of transport. At the same time end-of-life batteries contain many valuable resources and we must be able to reuse those critical raw materials instead of relying on third countries for supplies. The new rules will promote the competitiveness of European industry and ensure new batteries are sustainable and contribute to the green transition. -Teresa Ribera
One thing I didn’t consider: This may apply to laptops as well. That’s really neat, since Lenovo has been DRM’ing batteries since 2013, and not providing replacement batteries after about 4 years.